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   “These are some of the local sayings about the weather.”

   

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   These are some of the local sayings about the weather.

   When the crows tumble in the air it is a sign of rain.

   When the sky is white we will have no rain and when the sky is black we will have rain.

   When the moon is on its back it is a sign of bad weather.

   When you see the rainbow it is the sign of showers.

   If the swallows fly low it is the sign of rain. When the cows lie down it is the sign of bad weather.

   

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   Long ago there lived in Co. Tipperary a man named Jack Madden. This poor man had a hump on his back. There was cousin of his who was also a hunch-back. You can judge of Jack's astonishm,ent when one morning he met his cousin looking fit and well and without his hump. "How did you get rid of your hump?" asked Jack. "Well" said the other. "On last Monday night as

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   Knocklofty Demesne, Co. Tipperary

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   Mr Condon

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   Clonmel, Co. Tipperary